Google's latest doodle celebrates Japanese special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya 114th Birthday.
Today's google doodle celebrates the 114th birthday of Japanese Special Effects Director Eiji Tsuburaya. He is responsible for many Japanese science-fiction movies, being one of the co-creators of the Godzilla series, as well as the main creator of Ultraman.
The doodle is an amalgam of various virtual effects and short games - games describing various steps to produce a film. As soon as you click on the doodle, which has Ultraman on its front, an Avatar of Director Eiji Tsuburaya appears on the screen asking you to follow the succeeding steps to 'make' a film.
Let's make a movie!
Glue the building!
The first step asks you to glue the building top. After doing so an hoarding of Goggle is succefully placed on top of the building.
Dress the actor!
The next step asks you help a man wear his costume.
Destroy the buildings!
Third step is to destroy building by a long green monstrous tentacle.
Light the set!
The upcoming step is to light up the set to begin the shoot.
Stomp the tanks!
Next in the line is to stomp and destroy tanks with a giant red foot.
Connect the wires!
In this step you need to connect the wires to help the monster escape.
Smash the containers!
Smashing the containers to let the monster escape is the next step.
Swat the spaceships!
Hitting and swatting the spaceships is next. The monster gets poked by the spaceships if not done so.
Connect the harness!
In this crucial step you need to properly harness the hero (an animated version of Ultraman), so that he does not get hurt while shooting or else he falls.
Follow the Hero!
Last step is to follow the hero (Ultraman) towards victory.
In the end all the characters of the doodle along with the avatar of Eiji Tsuburaya come forward, clap and celebrate viewer's effort put in to make the film.
Director Eiji Tsuburaya created his own style and developed a famous genure known as "Tokusatsu". The Doodle shows how fun, fast, and totally chaotic Tokusatsu filmmaking process can be.
Eiji Tsuburaya was born on July 7, 1901, in Sukagawa, Fukushima to Isamu and Sei Tsuburaya. His mother died when he was only three and his father moved to China for the family business. Young Eiji was raised by his barely older uncle, Ichiro, and his paternal grandmother, Natsu.
As head of Toho's Visual Effects Department, that he established in 1939, he supervised around an average of sixty craftsmen, technicians and cameramen. It was here that he became part of the team, along with director Ishiro Honda and producer Tomoyuki Tanaka that created the first Godzilla film in 1954.
The tremendous success of Godzilla led Toho to produce a series of science fiction films, films introducing new monsters, and further films involving the Godzilla character itself.
A loyal company man, Tsuburaya continued to work at Toho Studios until his death in 1970.
The doodle is an amalgam of various virtual effects and short games - games describing various steps to produce a film. As soon as you click on the doodle, which has Ultraman on its front, an Avatar of Director Eiji Tsuburaya appears on the screen asking you to follow the succeeding steps to 'make' a film.
Let's make a movie!
Glue the building!
The first step asks you to glue the building top. After doing so an hoarding of Goggle is succefully placed on top of the building.
Dress the actor!
The next step asks you help a man wear his costume.
Destroy the buildings!
Third step is to destroy building by a long green monstrous tentacle.
Light the set!
The upcoming step is to light up the set to begin the shoot.
Stomp the tanks!
Next in the line is to stomp and destroy tanks with a giant red foot.
Connect the wires!
In this step you need to connect the wires to help the monster escape.
Smash the containers!
Smashing the containers to let the monster escape is the next step.
Swat the spaceships!
Hitting and swatting the spaceships is next. The monster gets poked by the spaceships if not done so.
Connect the harness!
In this crucial step you need to properly harness the hero (an animated version of Ultraman), so that he does not get hurt while shooting or else he falls.
Follow the Hero!
Last step is to follow the hero (Ultraman) towards victory.
In the end all the characters of the doodle along with the avatar of Eiji Tsuburaya come forward, clap and celebrate viewer's effort put in to make the film.
Director Eiji Tsuburaya created his own style and developed a famous genure known as "Tokusatsu". The Doodle shows how fun, fast, and totally chaotic Tokusatsu filmmaking process can be.
Eiji Tsuburaya was born on July 7, 1901, in Sukagawa, Fukushima to Isamu and Sei Tsuburaya. His mother died when he was only three and his father moved to China for the family business. Young Eiji was raised by his barely older uncle, Ichiro, and his paternal grandmother, Natsu.
As head of Toho's Visual Effects Department, that he established in 1939, he supervised around an average of sixty craftsmen, technicians and cameramen. It was here that he became part of the team, along with director Ishiro Honda and producer Tomoyuki Tanaka that created the first Godzilla film in 1954.
The tremendous success of Godzilla led Toho to produce a series of science fiction films, films introducing new monsters, and further films involving the Godzilla character itself.
A loyal company man, Tsuburaya continued to work at Toho Studios until his death in 1970.
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